SNOW NSRSC bringing Shakespeare to a theater near you The Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company's Wednesday HIGH 26° presents "The History of King Henry IV, part I" FEBRUARY 27, LOW11° Scene page 12 and 13 2002 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXV NO. 98 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU College begins Protestors attempt to deter play-goers new transfer described how they believe the It denigrates everything a programming, such as public By KATE NAGENGAST Monologues is steeped in vile Catholic university should speakers to combat the system Associate News Editor sexual language, denigrates stand for." Monologues message. heterosexual love and mar­ Scheidler and Miller also con­ "I saw the show in London Two members of the Pro-Life riage and is verbal pornogra­ tacted members of the Knights and feel like [these protesters] • Saint Mary's Action League of Chicago were phy that donates its proceeds of Columbus, including Grand are distorting a lot of what is in removed from the lobby of to pro-abortion groups. Knight and Notre Dame senior it," said Becky Luckett. a Notre improves system for DeBartolo Hall by Notre Dame The other flier read, "Is THIS Nathaniel Hannan to request Dame junior who saw the show Holy Cross transfer Security/Police Tuesday night What You Want?" beneath a support. Hannan and fellow again Tuesday. students for distributing fliers to people picture of the Golden Dome Knights of Columbus member, "It's really funny, but it's also about to enter a performance _with the Virgin Mary erased Kevin Haley, a Notre Dame very serious and it causes you of the "Vagina Monologues." from the Dome's peak. junior, prayed the Rosary while to think about a lot of things By SARAH NESTOR Joe Scheidler, a 1950 Notre "It's unthinkable to have Scheidler and Miller distributed women are afraid, or at least News Writer Dame alumnus and his com­ something like this at an insti­ fliers. have been taught not to think panion. Monica Miller drove tution that claims to be "We consider this equivalent about." Kerry Walsh. director from Chicago despite snow­ In an effort to provide coopera­ Catholic," said Scheidler, the to a play sponsored by the of the Monologues. opened the storms to represent a group of tion between Saint Mary's and uncle of David Scheidler, for­ Arian nation at a Jewish uni­ show with a reference to "concerned Catholics [who Holy Cross Colleges, an agree­ mer rector of St. Edward's versity," Hannan said. Hannan Scheidler and Miller's flier. believe] the Vagina Monologues ment has been signed that allows Hall. "It's dirty. It's promoting has read the Monologues script "Is this what you want for promotes a false view of wom­ lesbianism, masturbation and four times and opposes the Notre Dame? Hell yeah," she students who receive an associ­ anhood and human sexuality, " ates degree to make an easier pedophilia." Miller pleaded play as a violation of the core said to a packed audience. according to their press transfer into Saint Mary's. with ticket holders to "stop teachings of the Catholic Walsh's "V-Day" programming release. "This articulation agreement wasting the money you've Church, he said. Hannan also continues through Wednesday Scheidler and Miller attempt­ has been the desire of the two spent on a Catholic education" denied rumors that the Knights with a Talk-Back session from ed to dispense two fliers to institutions and their presidents as she was escorted out of the of Columbus had purchased 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. in hundreds of people waiting to for many years," said Saint building. tickets to the Monologues in an LaFortune's Montgomery be admitted to the Monologues Mary's Dean of Faculty Karen "[The Monologues] degrade attempt to keep people from Theater. performance in Room 101 Ristau. human dignity," ·Miller said. "I viewing the production. DeBartolo Hall. One flier fea­ don't care how good the cause However. the Knights of Contact Kate Nagengast at "It has taken careful review tured the word "Integrity" and during the development stage is, this is verbal pornography. Columbus is considering future [email protected]. and is now finalized. It may result in a small increase in our enrollment but actually since it is a benefit to Holy Cross students. PLAYING IN THE SNOW they may see it as a positive mar­ keting strategy for their college." Students at Holy Cross who wish to transfer to Saint Mary's for a bachelor's degree will be able to do so with a minimal loss of credit. The agreement notes that Saint Mary's does not accept courses from two-year colleges to substitute for 300 and 400 level courses and that this holds true for Holy Cross. Students who wish to transfer must assume that courses beyond the introductory level will count as general electives. A grade point average of 3.0 is also required of Holy Cross transfer students and applicants must submit an official transcript, a recommendation from an advisor and an essay. "It was our intention to make the transfer process a bit smoother by giving prospective transfer students from Holy Cross. a clearer understanding of the admission process, which courses would transfer and what grade point average would be required," said Saint Mary's admission director Mary Pat Nolan. This articulation agreement does not affect the Saint Mary's­ Holy Cross College Linkage Program. The Linkage Program is for one year only and during this year students take four courses at Holy Cross and one course at Saint Mary's, while residing on Saint Mary's campus. To be admitted as a full-time Saint Mary's student a GPA of 3.0 is required. "If students in the Linkage NELLIE WILLIAMS/The Observer Program wish to continue their The never-ending precipitation does not daunt these students taking a break from their studies to play football on South see TRANSFER/page 9 Quad Tuesday night. page 2 The Observt'r+ INSIDE Wednesday, February 27, 2002 INSIDE COLUMN QUOTES OF THE WEEK Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday D. H. Memoirs + Lecture: College +Concert: Notre Dame + Theater: Henry IV, Part + Conference: The dining halls at this University are a social Symposiumon on Catholic Symphony Orchestra, I, performed by the Not­ "Hollywood, Asian Media blender. After seeing each other in the class­ room, at the athletic facilities, in church, and Identity, Dr. Monika Washington Hall, no tick- So-Royal Shakespeare Co. and the Global Market," walking through the quad, the cafeteria is the Hellwig, Carroll ets required, 8 p.m. Hesburgh Center McKenna Hall, all day one place where we learn most about each other. You can fmd out what a per­ Auditorium, 3 to 5 p.m. Auditorium, tickets avail­ son eats, how much of it V. Van Buren they consume, who they're Giles able at LaFortune Box friends with, and whether they sit in a noticeable area, Office, 7:30p.m. or in one of the more lonely, News Copy single tables to the side. Editor Aside from being open later and having a greater variety of food, South is obviously better than North. To fully under­ BEYOND CAMPUS Compiled from U-Wire reports stand the dining halls we must first examine the people who spend the most time there: the work­ ers. Even more important than hours of opera­ tion and quality of food, South Dining Hall work­ University of Illinois initiates action after hate crimes ers are far more bizarre and in effect more entertaining than the 'Northies.' However, there CHAMPAIGN, Ill. following the Sept. 11 attacks, but is that one young feller at North with the obnox­ A Muslim student was attacked Dec. hate violence crimes committed ious face piercings who walks around like there 16 at the corner of Fifth and John because of someone's ethnicity, reli­ is nothing odd about his appearance. He's my streets; the weekend before, several gion, sexual orientation or gender - is favorite. men attacked an Asian-American stu­ nothing new to campus. When South employees eat they are out in the dent at Third and Green streets. Both Racially motivated crimes of the open with their clique for all students to witness. victims claim their attackers used past few years have motivated stu­ The 'Northies' always hide out in those intimate racial slurs. dent groups, University administra­ little rooms immediately to the right and left of "We don't know if the assault was a tors and campus police to educate the card scanners. hate crime because it's still under students about tolerance and to work The people who scan the ID cards are also an investigation," said Kush Bambrah, toward preventing hate violence. enclosed community predominantly made up of National Asian Pacillc American State legislation on hate crimes also the more ... how can I phrase this non-offensive­ Legal Consortium staff attorney, in has become more stringent in recent ly ... "Senior" employees. These people always regards to the incident at Third and years. bring a smile to my face because there are some Green. "In light of the backlash fol­ last semester in which a University Although no campus hate crimes that won't even look at you, and others who lowing the terrorist attacks and in of Illinois student started a fight at a were reported in 2000, according to always give me a warm "How are you?" whenev­ light of the fact that the victim was campus bar when he allegedly called University police statistics, three were er I give them my card.